Music Trade Review
Issue: 1952 Vol. 111 N. 10 - Page 9
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Ben F. Duvall Elected Vice-President
of the 95 Year Old W. W. Kimball Co.
D. \J . Kimball. board chairman of
the W. W. Kimball Company. Chi-
cago's oldest music house, which is
celebrating its 95th anniversary, an-
nounces the election of Ben F. Duvall
to the vice presidency.
Duvall will also continue as secre-
tary and sales manager of the piano
manufacturing concern, in which capac-
ity he has served for the past 12
years except for 40 months of World
War II service as lieutenant commander
with the Navy. 16 months of which were
aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pa-
cific.
A native of Aledo. Illinois. Duvall
worked for Kimball as a stenographer
I wo summers while in college, and
joined the company on a full time
basis in 1924 after receiving a B.S.
in Law degree from the University of
Illinois. He became assistant secretary
in 1938 and secretary in 1940.
Almost from his first day in the piano
business, Ben has been a tireless worker
for the good of the industry. He was
the youngest man ever to serve as
president of The Piano Club of Chi-
cago, during a period when that or-
administration that the Piano Club
merged with the Chicago Piano and
Organ Association, whereupon he also
became president of the merged organi-
zations. In those days. Duvall frequently
raised money through campaigns to
sell stickers which financed the na-
tional conventions when The Piano
Club and the Chicago P & 0 had to
pinch hit for an inactive merchants'
association.
During many different years he had
charge of the Community Chest cam-
paign for the music industry in Chicago
and has headed up several annual Ked
Cross drives.
BEN
F. DUVALL
ganization was a vital factor in the
business. It was at the close of his
Last year when he was treasurer of
\AMM. Kimball men secured 42 new
members for the National Association.
Currently he is secretary of NAMM and
a member of the Executive Committee.
He is also a member of the National
I'iano Travelers Association.
Duvalls various affiliations include
the Union League Club of Chicago,
Skokie Country Club (Glencoe) Sigma
Chi social fraternity, and Phi Delta
Phi professional law fraternity. The
Duvalls reside at 925 Skokie Ridge
Drive. Gleneoe. a suburb of Chicago.
Now Wurlitzer enters low-priced field with new Spinefle Organ!
NEW $1325 TWO MANUAL ORGAN TO BE BACKED BY THE BIGGEST
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN IN WURLITZER HISTORY
We thought we had the finest organ
ever developed for home use in our
new Wurlitzer Spinette. Since the
NAMM Convention in New York
we're sure of it.
There we had a special preview show-
ing for dealers. After our dealers saw
and heard the new Wurlitzer Spinette,
they gave us the biggest advance
sale any Wurlitzer Organ ever had.
We sold out 4 months' factory pro-
duction practically on the spot.
value. Its $1325 price tag put it in
the low price range.
This popular-priced organ is built
for the popular market. Anyone who
can read can learn to play it. We've
prepared special easy-course book-
lets that even a child can follow.
And, starting in November, we're
going after business month after
month with ads in many big maga-
zines. The list includes Better
Homes & Gardens, House Beautiful,
and House & Garden.
If you wonder why dealers are so
anxious to order an organ that's
never been shown to the public, you
just haven't seen the new Wurlitzer
Spinette. This is the first home organ
ever to combine a traditional tone
for fine music with quick response
needed for popular tunes.
If you're a Wurlitzer Dealer, get
ready for the big announcement
campaign. Order a merchandising
kit now. You'll get banners, posters,
window ideas, everything you need
to make this the biggest selling
season in your history.
And many new sales features, never
before offered, make the Wurlitzer
Spinette a new standard in organ
Get behind the new Wurlitzer
Spinette—and you're sure to come
out ahead.
WURlilZER
World's Largest Builders of Organs and Pianos Under One Great Nome
The Rudolph Wurlitzir Company, North Tonawanda. N. Y.
THE M U S I C TRADE REVIEW, O C T O B E R , 1952
Ben F. Duvall Elected Vice-President
of the 95 Year Old W. W. Kimball Co.
D. \J . Kimball. board chairman of
the W. W. Kimball Company. Chi-
cago's oldest music house, which is
celebrating its 95th anniversary, an-
nounces the election of Ben F. Duvall
to the vice presidency.
Duvall will also continue as secre-
tary and sales manager of the piano
manufacturing concern, in which capac-
ity he has served for the past 12
years except for 40 months of World
War II service as lieutenant commander
with the Navy. 16 months of which were
aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pa-
cific.
A native of Aledo. Illinois. Duvall
worked for Kimball as a stenographer
I wo summers while in college, and
joined the company on a full time
basis in 1924 after receiving a B.S.
in Law degree from the University of
Illinois. He became assistant secretary
in 1938 and secretary in 1940.
Almost from his first day in the piano
business, Ben has been a tireless worker
for the good of the industry. He was
the youngest man ever to serve as
president of The Piano Club of Chi-
cago, during a period when that or-
administration that the Piano Club
merged with the Chicago Piano and
Organ Association, whereupon he also
became president of the merged organi-
zations. In those days. Duvall frequently
raised money through campaigns to
sell stickers which financed the na-
tional conventions when The Piano
Club and the Chicago P & 0 had to
pinch hit for an inactive merchants'
association.
During many different years he had
charge of the Community Chest cam-
paign for the music industry in Chicago
and has headed up several annual Ked
Cross drives.
BEN
F. DUVALL
ganization was a vital factor in the
business. It was at the close of his
Last year when he was treasurer of
\AMM. Kimball men secured 42 new
members for the National Association.
Currently he is secretary of NAMM and
a member of the Executive Committee.
He is also a member of the National
I'iano Travelers Association.
Duvalls various affiliations include
the Union League Club of Chicago,
Skokie Country Club (Glencoe) Sigma
Chi social fraternity, and Phi Delta
Phi professional law fraternity. The
Duvalls reside at 925 Skokie Ridge
Drive. Gleneoe. a suburb of Chicago.
Now Wurlitzer enters low-priced field with new Spinefle Organ!
NEW $1325 TWO MANUAL ORGAN TO BE BACKED BY THE BIGGEST
ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN IN WURLITZER HISTORY
We thought we had the finest organ
ever developed for home use in our
new Wurlitzer Spinette. Since the
NAMM Convention in New York
we're sure of it.
There we had a special preview show-
ing for dealers. After our dealers saw
and heard the new Wurlitzer Spinette,
they gave us the biggest advance
sale any Wurlitzer Organ ever had.
We sold out 4 months' factory pro-
duction practically on the spot.
value. Its $1325 price tag put it in
the low price range.
This popular-priced organ is built
for the popular market. Anyone who
can read can learn to play it. We've
prepared special easy-course book-
lets that even a child can follow.
And, starting in November, we're
going after business month after
month with ads in many big maga-
zines. The list includes Better
Homes & Gardens, House Beautiful,
and House & Garden.
If you wonder why dealers are so
anxious to order an organ that's
never been shown to the public, you
just haven't seen the new Wurlitzer
Spinette. This is the first home organ
ever to combine a traditional tone
for fine music with quick response
needed for popular tunes.
If you're a Wurlitzer Dealer, get
ready for the big announcement
campaign. Order a merchandising
kit now. You'll get banners, posters,
window ideas, everything you need
to make this the biggest selling
season in your history.
And many new sales features, never
before offered, make the Wurlitzer
Spinette a new standard in organ
Get behind the new Wurlitzer
Spinette—and you're sure to come
out ahead.
WURlilZER
World's Largest Builders of Organs and Pianos Under One Great Nome
The Rudolph Wurlitzir Company, North Tonawanda. N. Y.
THE M U S I C TRADE REVIEW, O C T O B E R , 1952
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